QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2013] NSWSC 549

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales [2013] NSWSC 549 Hearing dates: 13 March 2013 Decision date: 15 May 2013 Before: Rothman J Decision: (1)Summons dismissed; (2)No order for costs. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Motor Accidents Compensation Act - role of Proper Officer - application of the Court of Appeal in Rodger v De Gelder - the determination of jurisdictional fact is fundamentally a question of construction of statute - where the statutory construction alters it is necessary to reconsider the issue of jurisdictional fact - preconditions in s 62(1)(a) and s 62(1A) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act are not jurisdictional facts - Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (No 1) and Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (No 2) disapproved Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 Supreme Court Act 1970 Cases Cited: Alavanja v NRMA [2010] NSWSC 1182 Assadourian v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (Northern Region) [2011] NSWSC 1052 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21; (1990) 170 CLR 1 Australian and International Pilots Association v Fair Work Australia [2012] FCAFC 65; (2012) 202 FCR 200 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33; (1990) 170 CLR 321 Australian Gas Light Company v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert [1996] HCA 36; (1996) 186 CLR 389 Collector of Customs v Pressure Tankers Pty Ltd and Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 322; (1993) 43 FCR 280 Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 Hayes v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1956] HCA 21; (1956) 96 CLR 47 L & B Linings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 474 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; (1986) 162 CLR 24 NRMA Insurance Ltd v Ainsworth [2011] NSWCA 292 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte [1938] HCA 7; (1938) 59 CLR 369 Public Service Association of South Australia v Federated Clerks' Union of Australia, South Australian Branch [1991] HCA 33; (1991) 173 CLR 132 Public Service Association of South Australia v Industrial Relations Commission (SA) [2012] HCA 25; (2012) 86 ALJR 862 R v Blakeley; Ex parte Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia [1950] HCA 40; (1950) 82 CLR 54 Re Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, New South Wales Branch; Ex parte Metropolitan Meat Industry Board [1972] 1 NSWLR 259 Re Gee; Ex parte Malouf (1943) 43 SR (NSW) 195 Rodger v De Gelder [2011] NSWCA 97; (2011) 80 NSWLR 594 Semaan v Poidevin [2013] NSWSC 226 Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 1443 Singh v Motor Accidents Authority of NSW [2010] NSWSC 550 Swift v SAS Trustee Corporation [2010] NSWCA 182 Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL [1999] NSWCA 8; (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 Category: Principal judgment Parties: QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (Plaintiff) Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (First Defendant) Proper Officer, Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Leah Miller (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Allars (Plaintiff) Submitting appearance (First and Second Defendants) A J Stone - Submitting appearance (Third Defendant) Solicitors: QBE CTP Legal Unit (Plaintiff) Crown Solicitor's Office - Submitting appearance (First and Second Defendants) Maurice Blackburn - Submitting appearance (Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/253345 Publication restriction: None